Rondout Valley school district target of another threat

KYSERIKE >> Graffiti in a bathroom at the Rondout Valley Junior High School resulted in a 20 minute lock-out Wednesday afternoon, the district said on its Facebook page.

The school administration was informed of the graffiti and determined that its “vague” message “indicated that someone would do damage to Rondout,” the post stated.

“As a precaution, the administration went into lockout mode and called the police authorities.”

Police quickly determined there was no “serious threat,” and the lock-out was lifted, according to the district post.

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Earlier Wednesday, the district posted on Facebook regarding the Monday lock-out of all schools in the district following receipt of threatening correspondence at Marbletown Elementary School. In the post, officials said: “The letter appears to be similar to the prior threatening correspondences received last year” and that the district is “cooperating fully with the NY State Police and following their guidance as it relates to the investigation.”

The Marbletown school was the target of three threats in early 2013. One of them resulted in the arrest of a 14-year-old.

Anyone with information about this week’s threats is asked to call the state police Bureau of Criminal Investigation at (845) 626-2800.